wheres the pies Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 You're a flipping mug if you play the lottery. l guess Mr + Mrs wier from Largs would tend to disagree with you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckielugger Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Well im an onliner too. Do each draw. Don't have to check. Winnings paid into bank automatically. Now clearly its mega unlikely to win the top prize but I have no other way of ever having wealth in my life. So it is my only miniscule hope. And as I have met the Weirs several times at least they prove it does happen to someone somewhere. I do wish the lottery was nationalised though a private company shouldn't be making vast profits like camelot do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
euan2020 Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 guy at work used same numbers,most of them came up one week,a sizeable sum was in the offing in excess of 100k,couldnt find the ticket,....deadline passed,no ticket....found the ticket months later in a jacket hanging in the garage...... sounds strange, as has been said, Camelot can trace back tickets, if you can identify where you bought ticket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andymac Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Well im an onliner too. Do each draw. Don't have to check. Winnings paid into bank automatically. Now clearly its mega unlikely to win the top prize but I have no other way of ever having wealth in my life. So it is my only miniscule hope. And as I have met the Weirs several times at least they prove it does happen to someone somewhere. I do wish the lottery was nationalised though a private company shouldn't be making vast profits like camelot do. You could always take a risk and work hard, you would be surprised where that can get you. Camelot don't particularly vast profits. Revenue of Something like 55b but net profit of circa 39m is only marginally better than the return if sticking the money in a bank. I suspect the money raised for government and pseudo-government bodies is way higher than camelot's profits. But then again, when has the truth ever been important here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 You could always take a risk and work hard, you would be surprised where that can get you. #aspiration Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andymac Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 #aspiration Indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristolhibby Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 You would think he would have searched every single garment and turned the house upside down looking for it. This. If I knew that they were my numbers I'd have a work crew of family/friends to systematically go through everything in the house/car/garage/office/etc until it was found. It's amazing where things just turn up. J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotts56 Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 I've heard it said if you're a middle aged man in good health don't buy your ticket before Saturday teatime, otherwise there's a greater chance of you dying before the draw than winning it... Have heard something similar. The odds (14m/1) means you are more likely to get knocked down and killed by a car on your way home from the shop buying your ticket, than you are of your ticket winning the jackpot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parklife Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Wow. It's good to see so many folk highlighting how unlikely you are to win the lottery... I'm sure that, up until the TAMB exposed this, everyone who played the lottery really expected to win it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exglasgowasc Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 I need my Euromillions numbers to come on Friday to get to Khazakstan next week!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 This. If I knew that they were my numbers I'd have a work crew of family/friends to systematically go through everything in the house/car/garage/office/etc until it was found. It's amazing where things just turn up. J Without a doubt. If you couldn't find it I. the end then youd be ####ed but at least you tried Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Laud Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Apparently a couple of weeks ago all you got for 4 numbers was £21.camelot came out and said that there was an unusually high volume of people winning £25 for 3 numbers that night so not enough left in kitty to pay out any higher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottincarlisle Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Apparently a couple of weeks ago all you got for 4 numbers was £21.camelot came out and said that there was an unusually high volume of people winning £25 for 3 numbers that night so not enough left in kitty to pay out any higher. I thought £25 for 3 numbers was guaranteed ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckielugger Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Actually I work damm hard...but my company hasn't given any pay rise for over 3 years and banned overtime and made several redundant and its a frigging struggle... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairbairn Posted July 22, 2015 Author Share Posted July 22, 2015 I thought £25 for 3 numbers was guaranteed ? It is. They paid £25 for 3 numbers and £21 for 4!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Won £25 tonight happy days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 I heard this years ago and thought it bonkers then, but apparently there are still around 10,000 people who put 1,2,3,4,5,6 on every week!.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottincarlisle Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 It is. They paid £25 for 3 numbers and £21 for 4!!! Christ. Mis read it. Surely with the millions they make 4 could get more than 3 even when there are a lot of winners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottincarlisle Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 £79 tonight for 4 balls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flora MaDonald Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Is it now the case if you get 2 numbers you get a free Lucky Dip? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Is it now the case if you get 2 numbers you get a free Lucky Dip? Later this year I believe, when they add the extra balls to the draw... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flora MaDonald Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Later this year I believe, when they add the extra balls to the draw... Thank you, Mr. Poke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest flumax Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 (edited) I heard this years ago and thought it bonkers then, but apparently there are still around 10,000 people who put 1,2,3,4,5,6 on every week!....Why bonkers? Exactly same odds as any other 6 balls. 49P6=49!/43!=/=14 million to 1 Edited August 2, 2015 by flumax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaid Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Why bonkers? Exactly same odds as any other 6 balls. 49P6=/=14 million to 1 Correct, but if 1,2,3,4,5,6 came out the jackpot would be shared amongst a much bigger group than if it were another "random" group of six numbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Exactly, that's why it's bonkers not because it's any less likely to happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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